London - Dame Helen Mirren will lend her voice to some of Beatrix Potter's most famous characters as she narrates a story rediscovered after 100 years.
The Tale Of Kitty-In-Boots will be Dame Helen''s first audiobook recording and introduce fans to “a well-behaved prime black Kitty cat, who leads rather a double life” defeating villains.
The manuscript was discovered two years ago by Jo Hanks, publisher at Penguin Random House Children's, when she stumbled across an out-of-print literary history about Potter, which referenced a letter that Potter had sent her publisher back in 1914 mentioning the new tale.
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A trip to the V&A archive found three unedited manuscripts, two in children's school notebooks and one typed, along with a rough sketch of Kitty-in-Boots and villain Mr Tod.
The Independent